Perioperative anticoagulation for children with prosthetic mechanical valves

The insertion of a mechanical heart valve predisposes to thrombosis and embolism, and for this reason, individuals with mechanical valves who undergo dental/surgical procedures must take special precautions. In this article, we illustrate a protocol for anticoagulation during such procedures in indi...

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Autores principales: Rees, P, Grech, V
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2000
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3232485/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22368581
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spelling pubmed-32324852012-02-22 Perioperative anticoagulation for children with prosthetic mechanical valves Rees, P Grech, V Images Paediatr Cardiol Invited Article The insertion of a mechanical heart valve predisposes to thrombosis and embolism, and for this reason, individuals with mechanical valves who undergo dental/surgical procedures must take special precautions. In this article, we illustrate a protocol for anticoagulation during such procedures in individuals with mechanical valves. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2000 /pmc/articles/PMC3232485/ /pubmed/22368581 Text en Copyright: © Images in Paediatric Cardiology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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